Hey guys, I've been running a number of 747s on FSX SE recently and have noticed that there is often little or no VC lighting. I can select panel lights but they only illuminate the 2D panels and leave everything else dark.

Today, running a UA 747 out of HNL early in the morning, I noticed that the cockpit was once again dark, even with engines running and lights on. When I turned on the NAV lights the PFD, MFD etc. would light up but everything else stayed dark. I know these addon 744s can often be pretty dim when there is little light outside, but even after taking off and flying well into the day the cockpit remains dark, and I don't just mean dull so its difficult to see the controls, I mean pitch black to the point where literally all that's visible is the displays and out the windows. I have a screenshot of my current situation at FL410, around 8:12am in the sim and clearly plenty of light outside, but I can't seem to paste it in here. 

I have racked up well over 10k hours on FSX and FSX SE over the years but computers and programming etc. aren't really my strength, so I was hoping someone on here might be able to identify what is causing this issue and how to fix it, if possible. I have piles of addon aircraft installed and these 747s seem to be the main ones with this problem, though I've never experienced a blacked out cockpit like this on any of the other -400 or -8 models I have.

 

Thanks,

James 😄

 

No guarantees, but you can try playing around with the numbers in the panel.cfg in the section labeled:

Day=

Night=

Luminous=

Maybe use the numbers from the default 747?